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11/28/39
ALMONTE AGAIN NBC NIGHT HOST
John de Jara Almonte, Assistant to the President of the National Broadcasting Company, has been transferred from the World’s Fair, where he was in charge of the RCA exhibit, to the New York office of the networks. Mr. Almonte will act as official host of NBC in the evening and will represent the President, Executive Vice President and Vice President in Charge of Sales.
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RCA DECLARES DIVIDENDS FOR QUARTER
Following the meeting of the Board of Directors of the Radio Corporation of America last week, David Sarnoff, President of the company, announced that the following dividends had been declared:
On the outstanding shares of $3.50 Cumulative Convertible First Preferred stock, 87-1/2/ per share, for the period from October 1, 1939, to December 31, 1939, payable in cash on December 21, 1939, to the holders of record of such stock at the close of business December 4, 1939.
On the outstanding shares of ”B" Preferred stock, $1.25 per share, for the period from October 1, 1939, to December 31, 1939, payable in cash on December 21, 1939, to the holders of record of such stock at the close of business December 4, 1939.
On the outstanding shares of Common stock, 20/ per share, payable in cash on January 16, 1940, to the holders of record on such stock at the close of business Dec. 8, 1929.
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RADIO INDUSTRY SPONSORS CHARITY DINNER
The third week of the 1939 merged appeal of the New York and Brooklyn Federation of Jewish Charities was ushered in last Sunday night with a dinner in the Hotel Waldorf-Astoria attended by 1,200 representatives of the radio, music, refrigeration and allied industries.
The dinner was the eleventh annual affair sponsored by the radio industry and was part of the campaign to raise funds for the 116 affiliated hospitals, orphan asylums, family service agen¬ cies, community centers and other welfare agencies serving Greater New York. The tickets to the dinner wer $100 a couple.
Among the guests at the dinner were David Sarnoff, James Skinner, Elmer Cunningham, A. Atwater Kent, Powel Crosley, Jr., Larry Grubb, George Throckmoor, George Mason, Arthur Murray, Benjamin Abrams, E. G. Bigler, F. M. Merrick, Charles Wilson, Westley M. Angle, I. Goldberg, Frank Hiter and H. M. Stein.
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